PT-2024-19874 · Elastic · Elasticsearch

Published 2024-07-31 · Updated 2025-04-04 · CVE-2024-23444

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Elasticsearch versions prior to 8.12.x

Description The issue arises when the elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool is used with the csr option to create a new Certificate Signing Request. In this scenario, the associated private key generated is stored on disk unencrypted, even if the --pass parameter is provided in the command invocation. This could potentially lead to credential exposure.

Recommendations For Elasticsearch versions prior to 8.12.x, upgrade to version 8.12.x or later to prevent credential exposure. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the elasticsearch-certutil CLI tool to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-311

Related Identifiers

BIT-ELASTICSEARCH-2024-23444

CVE-2024-23444

GHSA-5V8F-XX9M-WJ44

Affected Products

Elasticsearch

References · 18

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5v8f-xx9m-wj44 · Vendor Advisory
• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-13-0-7-17-23-security-update-esa-2024-12/364157 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-elasticsearch-2024-23444 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-23444 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23444 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23444 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23444 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-23444 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch · Note
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/321c4e1e6b738bf80faa41dbb9881489a4ab44e5 · Note
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/bb1eddada3678257838b0590090ff9eb68acaa1b · Note
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/109834 · Note
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/commit/07296d596a1dee24730e33ad40b6726f70c6fc23 · Note
• https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/106105 · Note
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0001 · Note